Morbid obesity is a global chronic disease, and bariatric procedures have been approved as the best method to control obesity. Roux-en-Y gastric bypass is one of the most common bariatric surgeries in the world and has become the gold standard procedure for many years. However, some patients ...
Methods We performed an institutional review board-approved retrospective analysis of 25 consecutive patients who underwent EGJR. Patients preoperatively presented with a dilated gastrojejunal anastomosis of greater than 15 mm and weight gain. An endoluminal suturing device (OverstitchTM, Apollo Endosurgery...
This was a retrospective cohort study that compared the outcomes of one-step revisional Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (rRYGB), one-anastomosis gastric bypass (rOAGB), or laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (rLSG) after LAGB. WL, complications, resolution of associated medical conditions, and food toleranc...
Gastric bypassBACKGROUND: Revisional surgery is the fastest growing area in bariatric surgery, constituting 13.6% of all procedures performed as of 2015. This reflects a rising need to treat adverse sequelae of primary bariatric procedures. Despite the increase in revisions, their safety and efficacy...
Vertical banded gastroplasty (VBG) is associated with high weight regain; Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) is used as a revision procedure in patients with
Six month outcomes in patients experiencing weight gain after gastric bypass who underwent gastrojejunal revision using an endoluminal sutur- ing device. Surg Endosc. 2015;29(8):2133-40. https://doi. org/10.1007/s00464-014-3954-3.M.Gitelis, M.Ujiki, L.Farwell, J.Linn, C.Wang, K....
One anastomosis gastric bypass (OAGB) is the third most commonly performed bariatric metabolic surgery (BMS) worldwide [1], and the most common in our bariatric center. It combines restriction with a dominant malabsorptive component, and it is simple to perform, with a short learning curve [2...